This trend hasn't stopped since that post has been written. We now see, more often than ever, countless new tools popping up in the news, all doing the same behavior as the old one but with more "fancy" or "user-friendly" features. Or just plainly, the only selling feature being that it was rewritten in the language fashion of the day.

As mentioned, we also had a previous thread with a similar topic: helper/wrapper scripts.

What's your opinion on these? Have you tried some of these new tools? Have some of them helped in places? Is it hard to install them and/or keep track of their changes? Are they maintained properly and will they be maintained on the long run? Which one is your favorite between them?